Guyana News

As the police await legal advice on possible charges, six men, including four Venezuelans who are suspected to be members of a Syndicato gang, have been released from police custody.

A new diabetic eye centre has been opened at the Enmore Polyclinic to provide free screening for diabetics and persons at risk of diabetes-related eye disease.

The Ministry of Health today said that  three more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

The police today said that an unidentified man was fatally stabbed on Tuesday and another wounded during a brawl at Balamani Backdam, Cuyuni River.

The Police say they are investigating the shooting of Jacque Foster, age 44, a Company Secretary employed with GGMC  Montrose, ECD which occurred yesterday at about 7 pm  by an identifiable male who was armed with a handgun.

Law enforcement officials in Belgium are probing the discovery of 11.5 tons of cocaine, which was unearthed in a container of scrap metal from Guyana and local authorities have since arrested two persons including the alleged shipper for questioning.

Dr Ashni Singh is once again a minister of government. The former Minister of Finance was yesterday sworn in as a senior minister in the Office of the President (OP) with responsibility for Finance.

Even as they prepare to reopen their doors today after having been closed for seven months, it is uncertain whether the Lake Mainstay Resort on the Essequibo Coast will be able to make a grand comeback after the financial toll inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Less than a day after members of her family were told that they were all infected with COVID-19, a 74-year-old woman succumbed yesterday at the Wismar Hospital in Linden.

Curt Thomas was yesterday afternoon found guilty of the murder of Parika fuel dealer Seeram Singh but his sentencing has been deferred to facilitate the presentation of a probation report which his attorney requested.

Another COVID-19 death was recorded yesterday along with 69 new cases of the virus.

Relatives of 66-year-old Janis Pritchard, who died after spending approximately 10 days in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU), believe that families should be provided with daily updates on patients’ condition.

A bid to avoid riding into a puddle has landed a 67-year-old fisherman in a hospital bed, and resulted in the destruction of a car and two trucks.

Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony has said the government is hoping to operationalise the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Infectious Diseases Hospital at Ocean View by next week.

Alex Mathias and Arnold Bruce Kennedy, two of the three prisoners who fled from the Lusignan Prison more than two weeks ago were earlier this week sentenced to three years imprisonment each after they admitted to escaping from lawful custody.

A licensed customs brokerage service and A.M.S Investment, a procurement company have partnered and donated 50,000 disposable face masks to the Ministry of Education (MoE).

Submissions were on Wednesday made by the prosecution in the case against former army Chief of Staff Gary Best, who is on trial for causing the death of cyclist, Jude Bentley, through dangerous driving.

A 14-year-old boy, who was struck in a hit and run accident along the Annandale Public Road, East Coast Demerara last Saturday, is said to be in a stable condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

A Brazilian national was killed by a toppling tractor on Thursday afternoon at Central Baramita Village, North West District (NWD), in Region One.

A Baramita man is currently nursing several chop wounds about his body after he assaulted his female drinking partner.